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The rappers who took down an African 'dictator'

The Revolution Won't be Televised — Filmmaker Rama Thiaw documented how rappers Thiat and Kilifeu led Senegal’s Y’en a Marre youth resistance movement to topple despised president Abdoulaye Wade.

  • Film
  • Alex King

Charlie Brooker: "Once you’ve f**ked a pig on the telly, you’ve shifted the bar for what’s acceptable"

Twisted satire — The Black Mirror writer discusses the show’s switch to Netflix, and why he loves torturing his characters.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

The film that wants to end our toxic relationship with noise

Time to shut up — Documentary In Pursuit of Silence explores our relationship with sound and how excessive noise pollution is damaging our lives.

  • Film
  • Alex King

The harsh reality of being a White Helmet, heroes of the Syrian civil war

Hope amidst the bloodshed — Director Orlando von Einsiedel’s documentary ‘The White Helmets’ pays tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of the volunteer rescue workers risking everything to save civilian lives in Syria.

  • Film
  • Alex King

Meet the girls shaking up the male-dominated film industry

Equality in the moving image world — Girls in Film (GiF) is a new creative network for female filmmakers, determined to tackle the lack of diversity in film.

  • Film
  • Alexia Stam

A story of sisterhood and escapism

Roller Derby Beirut — Huck’s latest film comes from Beirut, home to Lebanon’s first Roller Derby team, where a tightknit crew of female pioneers are determined to build something together.

  • Film
  • HUCK HQ

The young filmmaker defying a corrupt movie industry in style

Cinema's lone wolf — Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has delivered a scathing critique of her home country - and our tendency to run with the pack - with a dreamlike masterpiece.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

The filmmaker fighting his own climate change apathy

A wake up call — In How To Let Go, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox embarks on a personal journey to overcome his own feeling of powerlessness to stop the escalating pace of environmental destruction.

  • Film
  • Alex King

This short abstract doc explores the dying art of pigeon racing

Release the birds… — The creative duo behind LAW Mag – a bi-annual magazine that aims to document the beautiful undercurrent of Britain – have just released a short film about pigeon racing.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

The movie geek who dreamed his way into making films

Blissful inexperience — Director Eskil Vogt spent his youth lost in film, dreaming big. But if he knew the odds were stacked against him, he wouldn’t be here now.

  • Film
  • David Jenkins

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